You do not need a traditional medical degree to make a difference in modern medicine and patient care. At the University of Twente (UT), you can choose from a range of non-clinical healthcare master's programmes at the intersection of technology, human behaviour, health policy, and medicine.
Whether you want to develop life-saving medical devices, improve digital healthcare systems, or understand human psychology, UT offers a master's degree that aligns with your ambitions. This way, you can contribute to better care, innovative treatments, mental health, and sustainable healthcare.
At UT, you can choose from three English-taught and one Dutch-taught master's programmes in the healthcare domain. Each degree has a different focus, so you can build expertise in a field of your interests and ambitions.
Our master's programmes offer multiple specialisations, allowing you to focus on a specific area of the field. This in-depth knowledge often forms the foundation of your future career and the roles, sectors, and organisations you can work in after graduating.
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Biomedical Engineering
Health Sciences
Psychology
Technical Medicine (Dutch-taught)
Health is one of the main themes in education and research at the University of Twente. Together with industry partners, hospitals, government bodies, and health insurers, our students and researchers develop innovative solutions for resilient, future-proof healthcare and effective, personalised treatments. Renowned research projects include a needle-free injection technique, an arthritis-friendly pill strip, a painless breast cancer screening method, and a robotic surgery platform.
Below, you will find the main reasons to follow your master's within this domain at the University of Twente:
The University of Twente is a leader in healthcare innovation, with the TechMed Centre at its core. This leading international research and innovation centre is where students, researchers, clinicians, and external partners collaborate on technical-medical innovations – making it the ideal place for your studies.
The University of Twente introduced the world's first academic programmes in Technical Medicine, creating an entirely new healthcare profession: the Clinical Technologist, a role now well established within Dutch healthcare. Although the Bachelor's and Master's in Technical Medicine are taught in Dutch, that same expertise runs through all our research and facilities at the TechMed Centre and is accessible to students of health-related study programmes across the university.
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Our master's programmes are deeply rooted in real-world healthcare practice. Throughout your master's, you will collaborate with clinicians, patients, and healthcare partners on applied research assignments. You will learn from top professors at UT, but also from clinical experts, healthcare professionals and visiting professors from international universities through many guest lectures.
Education at the University of Twente is known to be personal and informal. We have an open-door policy and you will receive more individual attention and guidance than at most other universities. The atmosphere between lecturers and students is friendly and informal: you can always approach someone with your questions. This approach helps you to get the best out of your studies, both professionally and personally.